ekimuri

Nyankole

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda ekimuli, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ecimuɾi/

Noun

ekimuri class 7 (plural ebimuri class 8, augmentless kimuri, plural augmentless bimuri)

1. flower

   Synonym: ekirabyo

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 67
• Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary‎^[2], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 44
• Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3